Oyster-bucket



(No Model.)

H. L. R. WOLF.

OYSTER BUCKET.

Patented Jan. 15, 1889.

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UNITED STATES PATENT ()EEIcE.

HENRY L. RUDOLPH 'OLF, OF DAYTON, OHIO.

OYSTER-BUCKET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 396,131, dated January 15, 1889.

Application filed July 23, 1888. Serial No. 280,706. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, HENRY L. RUDOLPH \VOLF, a citizen of the United States, residing at Dayton, in the county of Montgomery and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Oyster-Buckets; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon. which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to improvements in paper vessels known as oyster-buckets; and it consists of a longitudinal extension of the ordinary blank for the purpose of forming a cover, and the two parts forming said cover are folded in at the sides, and when the vessel is closed one end is held within the other.

The objects of the invention are to provide a cover for the vessel and to stiffen the sides against collapse by said cover holding the sides apart through the instrumentalityof the bail, which bears against the sides of said cover.

The device as a whole and in detail is illuslratcd in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure I is a plan of the blank. Fig. II i; a side view of the oyster-bucket with the cover open. Fig. III is a side view of the same with the top closed.

Like numerals designate like parts throughout the several views. I

The first figure represents the blanknvhich is formed of a tough paper, and the several broken lines across the face of the same indicate the points of bending the paper to form the several folds. With the exception of the portion added to the ends of the blank to form the top, the same is identical with oysterbuckets long in use. The several parts forming the bottom, sides, folds, &c., are designated by numerals-namely: is an oblong 1 square forming the bottom; 2 2, the sides; 3 3, the ends; 8 and 9, the corner folds, and this description completes the usual form of oyster-bucket.

The folds ti 7, adjacent to the top part, 5, are pressed inward, forming a pocket between the part 5 and the two folds 6. Then the folds 6 7, adjacent to top part, at, are bent inward in a similar manner, and then the part 4, with the folds adjacent to it, is inserted into the pocket formed by 5 and U. There is added a tin stiffening-piece, 10, to the edge of part 5, which is formed tightly over the edge of the same. This tin lining may be dispensed with when it is not desi able to have the cover very stiff. The usual form of bailwire 11 is passed through the sides and the ends bent up on the inside.

At Fig. 3 the bucket is shown with the top parts bent down to the rim of the vessel, one part overlapping the other; or one top part may be inserted within the pocket of the other. The two parts thus united form a complete covering for the vessel. In this condition the bail may be pressed in from the sides, and thereby hold the cover firmly down in place.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The paper vessel having the bottom, the sides, and the ends with corner folds, as specified, provided with parts I and 5, and having folds 6 and 7 to form a coy'er for said vessel, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I at'fix in y signature in presence of two witnesses.

II. L. RUDOLPH \VOLF.

\Vitnesses:

B. PICKERING, SUMNER T. SMITH. 

